Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2010

Alexander v. New York City Transit Authority

Alexander v. New York City Transit Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided February 16, 2010
70 A.D.3d 876; 893 N.Y.S.2d 885
Alexander v. New York City Transit Authority

Opinion of the Court

*877In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Velasquez, J.), dated January 21, 2009, which denied their motion, in effect, pursuant to CPLR 5015 (a) (1) to vacate so much of a judgment of the same court (Knipel, J.) entered July 9, 2004, as, upon an order of the same court dated September 4, 2003, granting the separate unopposed motions of the defendant/third-party plaintiff and the third-party defendant, inter alia, pursuant to CPLR 3126 to dismiss the complaint, dismissed the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiffs’ attorney was served with a default judgment with notice of entry on September 3, 2004. Since the plaintiffs did not make their present motion, in effect, pursuant to CPLR 5015 (a) (1) to vacate so much of the default judgment as dismissed the complaint until more than four years after the default judgment was served upon their attorney, the motion was properly denied as untimely (see CPLR 5015 [a] [1]; Terlizzese v Robinson’s Custom Serv., Inc., 25 AD3d 547, 548 [2006]; cf. Hartcorn v Hartcorn, 299 AD2d 395 [2002]; Kachar v Berlin, 296 AD2d 479 [2002]; Nahmani v Town of Ramapo, 262 AD2d 291 [1999]). Rivera, J.P., Covello, Angiolillo, Leventhal and Roman, JJ., concur.

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